I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me.

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.

Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.